Effect of inclusion of electron correlation in MM3 studies of cyclic conjugated compounds

Journal of Computational Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 475-487

  Tai, Julia C ^a   Allinger, Norman L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjugated polyenes; Correlation energies; Molecular mechanics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000821401     PISSN: 01928651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-987X(19980415)19:5<475::AID-JCC1>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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